there is no united states senator, in the u.s. senate remotely like mike lee. [applause] i tell you afterwards, he and i went and visited -- first time we met and we spend the next couple of hours debating constitutional law, and brand-new senator elect, and that is very down in the bowels there. pretty sure i saw minutes wandering around. i spent a couple hours with mike walking around, i remember it was this friday because it was the day that committee assignments were due, he handed in his request i remember one of the things we've talking about at the time was the national debt. and estimated the value of the land owned by the united states government. it was at $14 trillion. and rather than the united states the parent being the largest landowner in the world, and we begin discussing that, in the presence of a fellow federalist. he mike was the first major national figure and rightfully launched. it was just a month or two later visiting it after dinner talking about the senate and what can i do to help? and he looked over and says i can do that i can do t